As the world's population ages, intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD) has become a major medical issue, causing chronic ...

A collaborative team from the University of Macau and Nanjing University found, using clinical databases and samples, that the loss of a protein named MFG-E8 in nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue is a ...

Objectives: To observe the prevalence of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration in elite athletes as compared with published literature of changes seen in non-athletes—that is, normal population.

In the present study, researchers established a non-viral gene therapy for intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration ... pain behavior in a mouse lumbar disc puncture model for up to 12 weeks.